Zotac’s New AMP Box TB3 GPU/PCIe SSD Nvidia 1050/ 1060

Zotac just named Thunderbolt 3-powered external graphics and PCIe SSD. The AMP Box and AMP Box Mini From Zotac.

Zotac's New AMP Box Thunderbolt 3 GPU/PCIe SSD Nvidia 1050/ 1060

Zotac’s New AMP Box Thunderbolt 3 GPU/PCIe SSD Nvidia 1050/ 1060

Zotac Showed the eGPU last year, while announcing its plans for the AMP Box at CES 2017. The device was designed to have dual-slot graphics cards up to 13″ long. Zotac reduced the size of the chassis in a recent revision at Computex  to accommodate GPUs up to 9” long. Both prototypes were powered by a 400W PSU and featured three USB 3.0 ports. The new and branded Zotac AMP Box is the polished production version of these early designs. The device is still limited to dual-slot GPUs up to 9” in length. Zotac manufactures a mini version of each of Nvidia’s major GPUs. The Amp Box is compatible with both Nvidia and AMD graphics cards. Zotac also increased the PSU wattage to 450W and included compatibility to PCIe SSD devices, a feature that was the primary focus of a similar Zotac-branded product we also saw at Computex.

Zotac’s AMP Box Mini or “External Box” was first seen at Computex, but it has evolved in the past few months. The initial design focused on PCIe SSDs, with Zotac showcasing the prototype with one of its Sonix SSDs inside. The company also said you could also use the Thunderbolt 3 device to power a small graphics cards, but the prototype’s lack of interior space and PCIe power connectors made this difficult to achieve with anything more powerful than a GTX 1050 Ti. Zotac may have taken our critique into consideration in case of AMP Box Mini;  Zotac increased the depth of the chassis, and also added a 6-pin PCIe power connector  to accommodate graphics cards that draw up to 150W. With less power and space, the selection of compatible graphics cards is less than that of the larger AMP Box, but you can at least get into the VR-ready door with the AMP Box Mini thanks to the added power, which enables support for a GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card (at most). The  Zotac AMP Box and AMP Box Mini still have not got a price tag, but we will probably find out more at CES 2018.

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